Who would you have voted for?

[Gustaf]

<<he would have voted for a man who wanted to deport him!>>

He's a little out there.

You ought to read his posts on Taiwan...

[Huckleberry Finn]

Immy. I met one guy from Lewiston, Idaho two years ago. He was as change-student in Finland. About your age. I can't remember his name. I interviewed him for newspaper. World is really small!

[Gustaf]

Immy. I met one guy from Lewiston, Idaho two years ago. He was as change-student in Finland. About your age. I can't remember his name. I interviewed him for newspaper. World is really small!

It was probably him.

Lol...Immy might know this guy, at least.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Immy. I met one guy from Lewiston, Idaho two years ago. He was as change-student in Finland. About your age. I can't remember his name. I interviewed him for newspaper. World is really small!

It was probably him.

Well Trondheim. I meant that he could know this guy. In small town highschool it could be well-known case that someone go to as exchange student to Europe.

[12th Doctor]

Why wouldn't you have voted for him during the war?

Well I might have felt that we could have gotten involved earlier and without a doubt I would have been concerned about a person haveing more then 2 terms as President.

But weren't the Republicans at the time more isolationist? I know the American senate stopped Jewish children from entering the US during the 30s.

Seeing as the Senate was controled by the Democrats....

[Gustaf]

Why wouldn't you have voted for him during the war?

Well I might have felt that we could have gotten involved earlier and without a doubt I would have been concerned about a person haveing more then 2 terms as President.

But weren't the Republicans at the time more isolationist? I know the American senate stopped Jewish children from entering the US during the 30s.

Seeing as the Senate was controled by the Democrats....

Well, I seemed to remember that FDR had a lot of problems with the congress, so I have always supposed that it was a Republican congress, but I guess I was wrong.

[Taft]

1824: Clay
1828: Adams
1832: Clay
1836: Harrison or White(not sure who ran in VA)
1840: Harrison
1844: Clay
1848: Cass
1852: Scott
1856: Buchanan
1860: Douglas
1864: Lincoln(Democrats too chaotic)
1868: Grant
1872: Greeley
1876: Tilden
1880: Hancock
1884: Cleveland
1888: Cleveland
1892: Cleveland
1896: Bryan
1900: Bryan
1904: TR
1908: Bryan
1912: TR
1916: Wilson
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Hoover
1932: FDR
1936: Landon
1940: Willkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Goldwater
1968: Wallace
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush

I generally cut a strong conservative streak, with a few annoyed-at-incumbent bumps.

[© tweed]

1964: Goldwater
1968: Wallace

I don't like that....

[Gustaf]

1964: Goldwater
1968: Wallace

I don't like that....

He also seems to have supported the Democrats during the Civil War era, which is worse...

[© tweed]

He also seems to have supported the Democrats during the Civil War era, which is worse...

Douglas would have been a good president.

[12th Doctor]

Why wouldn't you have voted for him during the war?

Well I might have felt that we could have gotten involved earlier and without a doubt I would have been concerned about a person haveing more then 2 terms as President.

But weren't the Republicans at the time more isolationist? I know the American senate stopped Jewish children from entering the US during the 30s.

Seeing as the Senate was controled by the Democrats....

Well, I seemed to remember that FDR had a lot of problems with the congress, so I have always supposed that it was a Republican congress, but I guess I was wrong.

There were never more than 35 (out of 96) Republicans in the Senate during the FDR administration until the start of the war.  For two years there were only 16 Republicans!  The House had about the same percentages thoughout the era.  FDR had trouble because most of his proposals were too socialistic for even most of the New Deal Democrats.

[Taft]

Ok...the pre-Civil War moves are Whig through '52, excepting Cass in '48.  Once the Whigs fell apart, I go Democratic as opposed to Republican.  Douglas would have been a default choice...Breckinridge and Lincoln were too far out for me, due to their strictly sectional support and the possibility of tension if Lincoln wins.  Bell...bit of an unknown quantity.  That leaves Douglas, who's got the moderation and principle going for him.

Once we have the war, I vote Republican until the Republicans go off the reservation and the Radicals take over.  1868 would have been a toss up, but I would have left in 1872 and not returned thanks to the Grant Administration's bad second term.

I would have been in the Democratic Column through the early part of the 20th Century, possibly jumping to the Populists in 1892.  By the 1900's, I'd be considered a Progressive since my bent is toward a few of their ideas.  1908 is a guess that I would have stuck with Bryan after going for him twice before.  1916, I'd have jumped because Hughes couldn't decide what his positions were on foreign policy(I hate wishy-washy).  In the 20's, I'd have probaby gone Republican because the Dems were a mess at this time, and then been a Hoovercrat in all likelihood.

In 1932, I would have been with FDR out of frustration at Hoover.  This wouldn't have lasted long once I saw his programs.  I would have stayed with him no longer than 1938, and that'd have been a stretch.  I then drift back in '48 due to Dewey being wishy-washy to an extreme.  I walk off when Adlai appears, and 1960 is more of a guess(I would be strongly anti-Communist).

Goldwater had the advantage that he wasn't LBJ, and I would have been firmly in the Byrd Democrat line(note: golden silences) since the late 40's.  1968 has a bit of guessing here.  The Dems were anti-war.  The GOP wasn't much better.  So I would have gone sailing off with Wallace and his hawkish stances.

After this, the Dems nominate 4 certifiable idiots IMO.  McGovern-no way.  Carter '76-not likely(would have gone with Reagan in the GOP). Carter '80-no.  Mondale-no way.  Dukakis-no.  Clinton '92-not likely.  Clinton '96-no.  Gore-no.  And, just as a twist on things, I am an Edwards fan now, since it appears we have a lying/misrepresenting incumbent at worst and a big spender at best(which is bad in my book).

[PBrunsel]

1900: William McKinely

1904: Alton B. Parker

1908: William H. Taft (I am not a Bryan Fan)

1912: Eugene Chaflin (Prohibition)

1916: Charles E. Hughes

1920: Warren G. Harding

1924: Calvin Coolidge

1928: Herert Hoover (America's hardest working president)

1932: Herbert Hoover

1936: Alfred Landon

1940: Wedell Wilkie

1944: Thomas Dewey

1948: Strom Thurmond

1952: Douglas MacArthur (Write-In)

1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower

1960: Richard M. Nixon

1964: Barry Goldwater (Without one hesitation!)

1968: George Walllace

1972: Richard M. Nixon

1976: Gerald R. Ford

1980: Ronald Reagan

1984: Ronald Reagan

1988: George H.W. Bush

1992: George H.W. Bush

1996: Bob Dole

2000: Patrick Buchanan (Reform)

2004: George W. Bush

[zachman]

Why are so many of you opposed to TR?

[Nation]

I thought there was a large Teddy following on the board here? Maybe I was reading it wrong.

[PBrunsel]

Judge Parker truly shares my conservative views. Do you know his VP choice, Henry Davis, was 80 years old.

[bullmoose88]

1900: McKinnley
1904: T. Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: T. Roosevelt
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Hoover
1932: Hoover
1936: Landon
1940: Wilkie
1944: FDR (if only because of the war, keep the same leaders...no war..then Dewey all the way)
1948: Dewey
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Johnson (Goldwater was worse...no joke)
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon (Providing I didn't know about Watergate, marginally Nixon if I did)
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan, Bush in the Primary
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Undecided, likely not Bush

[opebo]

GOP every time.

[Michael Z]

1928: Herert Hoover (America's hardest working president)

1932: Herbert Hoover

Interesting. What makes you think Hoover was so great?
This is a genuine question, historians always lay into Hoover so it would be interesting to read a viewpoint in his favour.

[Siege40]

1900, 04, 08, 20: Debs
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Benson
1924: LaFollette
1928, 32, 36, 44, 48: Thomas
1940: Aiken
1952: Hass or Hoopes
1956, 60, 64: Hass
1968: Blomen
1972: Jenness
1976: Camejo
1980: DeBerry
1984: Mason
1988, 92: Warren
1996, 2000: Harris

Long list.

Siege40

[© tweed]

1900, 04, 08, 20: Debs
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Benson
1924: LaFollette
1928, 32, 36, 44, 48: Thomas
1940: Aiken
1952: Hass or Hoopes
1956, 60, 64: Hass
1968: Blomen
1972: Jenness
1976: Camejo
1980: DeBerry
1984: Mason
1988, 92: Warren
1996, 2000: Harris

Long list.

Siege40

You're a lefty.

[JohnFKennedy]

1900, 04, 08, 20: Debs
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Benson
1924: LaFollette
1928, 32, 36, 44, 48: Thomas
1940: Aiken
1952: Hass or Hoopes
1956, 60, 64: Hass
1968: Blomen
1972: Jenness
1976: Camejo
1980: DeBerry
1984: Mason
1988, 92: Warren
1996, 2000: Harris

Long list.

Siege40

Are there ANY candidates who won who you would have voted for?

[Siege40]

Yes, I am both a Socialist and a left-handed person, and no, I would not of voted for anyone that won. I was tempted with FDR, but I decided otherwise.

Siege40

[JohnFKennedy]

Yes, I am both a Socialist and a left-handed person, and no, I would not of voted for anyone that won. I was tempted with FDR, but I decided otherwise.

Siege40

How about any from either the Democrats or the Republicans? lol no?

[Siege40]

Yes, I am both a Socialist and a left-handed person, and no, I would not of voted for anyone that won. I was tempted with FDR, but I decided otherwise.

Siege40

How about any from either the Democrats or the Republicans? lol no?

Like I said, maybe FDR, but I doubt that. I don't really like the guy enough to vote for him.

Siege40